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Good idea Wayne! Alternatively a nice Seacock installation capped off might provide an immensely simpler and less time consuming repair.

08-05-2009 12:05 AM

Wayne25

I would use the hole rather than fill it. Find out if Garmin makes a speed through hull for your model unit. If not speed than water temp.

08-05-2009 12:05 AM

davidpm

Quote:

Originally Posted by weephee

OK, I got it. Fully understand and I will repair the hole this week. Thanks everyone again for your advice & help and thanks Scottyt for the videos. Somehow I missed them when I read the responses. Sorry. You're a great bunch of supporters and novices like me really depend on you. I'll post some pictures when completed.

What will likely be surprising is the number of layers that it will take to build up to 3/8 thickness.
Also I'm not sure I would attempt to do all 3/8" in one big bloop. If you are working upside-down which I suspect you are it will want to droop out.
I would probably do a patch with maybe 5, 6 layers and apply it and let it kick, making sure it is stuck up there. Then do some more layers and stick them up. Keep going until it looks good. Then hold a piece of plastic and squeegee etc.
If epoxy gets too thick it will actually get hot and start to smoke if it kicks all at once.
If others have done 3/8" in one big patch with no problems either drooping out or getting too hot I'm sure you will get some first hand accounts.
If it is you first experience with epoxy as long as you put the second coat on while the first coat is still tacky you will still get the good chemical bond.
And it may be a little easier to see how it is coming along.

Another point is that you want the glass just whetted out. The goal is to use as little epoxy as possible without leaving any dry glass.

Also thickening the epoxy with colloidal silica may be necessary to make it sticky enough to hang upside down.

08-04-2009 11:50 PM

scottyt

takes bow graciously

08-04-2009 11:44 PM

davidpm

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottyt

then pick up the plastic with the glass and resin on it. place it over the hole so the last and largest layer is against the hull, and make sure its centered.

Don Casey recommend the opposite approach in his book which actually sounds reasonable.
Since you are working from the outside and have a one inch hole on the inside flaring out to a 5" scoop it makes sense to start with a patch slightly larger than 1" and use slightly larger patches until you build out to the last patch being 5". The West video shows the opposite. Starting with a 5" patch that sort of bags in and each patch being smaller then ending up with the smallest on top. It looks back wards but the advantage is that more fiber is in contact with the patch.
I contacted Don about this and he said he ran tests and the West way (Scotty's way too) is stronger so he is changing his book.

So scotty is right even on this detail.

08-04-2009 10:19 PM

scottyt

even better than just posting competed pics is to post pics of each stage, others here in the future will love that

08-04-2009 09:38 PM

weephee

Drilled hole in Hull repair

OK, I got it. Fully understand and I will repair the hole this week. Thanks everyone again for your advice & help and thanks Scottyt for the videos. Somehow I missed them when I read the responses. Sorry. You're a great bunch of supporters and novices like me really depend on you. I'll post some pictures when completed.

08-04-2009 09:02 PM

scottyt

watch the video

sorry you will get it if you watch the video

you do not need to make the hole bigger. the smaller the better

with a one inch hole you dont really need a backer. but if you want even a piece of duct tape on the inside would do.

if the glass is 3/8, grind out about 4 to 5 inches in taper so the inner edge where the hole is a knife edge. the taper will go from very thin to just taking off the gel coat. then you will need about 8 to 10 layers of glass ( 7 oz ) the fist layer is the full size of the taper ie about 10 inches. thats the one inch hole plus 4.5 inches each side. cut each smaller piece of glass about 1/2 inch smaller. so the first circle is 10 inches, the second 9.5, third 9 inches etc.

spread some plastic ( trash bags work ) out on a table, mix the epoxy. put the smallest piece of glass on the plastic, pour on a little epoxy and work it in with a squeegee, put the next bigger layer of glass centered on the first. add a little more epoxy and work it in. keep going until you put all layers of glass with epoxy all centered, smallest to largest. take a little epoxy and mix with collidal silica and brush that around on the hull where the taper is. this epoxy layer fills any grinding grooves so the glass will not have to. then pick up the plastic with the glass and resin on it. place it over the hole so the last and largest layer is against the hull, and make sure its centered. then use a squeegee to work the glass to the hull, do not remove the plastic bag yet. work out as much resin and air as you can, then let it cure over night.

the next day, pull the plastic and see how close you are to a level surface. if you need you can add some more glass to build it up. when its close ie around 1/8 inch to level let it all cure. then mix some epoxy and light weight filler to a thick paste and spread it out. then sand smooth when cured.

you can use gel coat to cover this to protect it from then the sun.

08-04-2009 08:33 PM

weephee

Drilled hole in Hull repair

Thanks guys for all the information. From what I understand, I need to make the hole larger, to about 4 1/2 inches diameter minimum. I need to taper the inside and outside of the hole. So just for clarification, I work from the outside first so I would tape something like wax paper to the inside so I'd have some initial barrier to work against. This is where I'm confused. What next???

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